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Traditional Maya 20th-century Clothing: Researched by Vinita Williams

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Contemporary Maya cultures in Guatemala produce elaborate textiles using traditional methods for spinning, dying, weaving, and embroidering cloth that have been passed down by the women of their cultures for centuries. Each Maya region is known for its own version of colorful traditional clothing outfits, called trajes. While women in more rural areas continue to wear the traje … [Read more...] about Traditional Maya 20th-century Clothing: Researched by Vinita Williams

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, backstrap looms, embroidery, guatemala, huipil, jaspe sash, maya culture, rebozo, trajes, tupuy hair ornament

Maya Hand-Woven Textiles: Researched by Abigail Morrow

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This small textile is a sample of traditional Maya weaving, possibly serving as a napkin or just as a sampler.  Maya textiles are more typically created as large pieces of fabric, intended to be made into traditional clothing, that are hand-woven on a backstrap loom.  This piece is striped in different colors of traditionally hand-dyed cotton, but because of global trade, today … [Read more...] about Maya Hand-Woven Textiles: Researched by Abigail Morrow

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, embroidery, hand-woven textile, maya, maya culture, maya hand-woven textile

Images of Mesoamerican Elites and Deities in Reproduction: Researched by Whitney Mosley

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The indigenous cultures of ancient Mesoamerica created a variety of highly sophisticated sculptures in different styles and materials, both as reliefs and as sculptures in-the-round. Many of these sculptures represent their religious beliefs, embodying the Mesoamerican pantheon of gods, while others depict the elite members of the nobility.  Later Mestizo (mixed Hispanic and … [Read more...] about Images of Mesoamerican Elites and Deities in Reproduction: Researched by Whitney Mosley

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, classic period, early 21st century, formative period, funerary urn, hun hunahpu, ix chel, maya culture, maya maize god, maya mestizo cultures, maya sculpture, mezcala mestizo cultures, mezcala preclassic, mezcala standing figure, palenque sculptural relief, zapotec, zapotec culture, zapotec funerary urn, zapotec mestizo cultures

Pair of Bead and Wire Girl Figures and Woman Figure: Researched by Kylei Giles

September, 2020 by Whitney Mosley

Image of Bead and Wire Woman Figure

  The Pair of Bead and Wire Girls and the Bead and Wire Woman likely developed from both beadwork for courtship rituals and traditional dolls to become another type of figurine that was created for the tourist trade. Like the Beaded Figurine of a Girl, these wire figures also represent traditional Ndebele female dress; these figures, however, are completely made … [Read more...] about Pair of Bead and Wire Girl Figures and Woman Figure: Researched by Kylei Giles

Filed Under: 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: 20th century, african art, beaded figure, beadwork, ndebele culture

Multicolored Beaded Bangle Bracelet with Triangle Pattern: Researched by Kylei Giles

September, 2020 by Whitney Mosley

Image of Multicolored Beaded Bangle Bracelet with Triangle Pattern

The colors and triangular patterns shown in this beaded bangle are a common subtype of Zulu beaded works that feature white, dark blue, light blue, black, and red designs, and one of the functions of wearable beadwork is to show characteristics of the wearer through such specific patterns and colors. A Ndebele woman may make beaded jewelry as decorations for her body and to … [Read more...] about Multicolored Beaded Bangle Bracelet with Triangle Pattern: Researched by Kylei Giles

Filed Under: 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: 20th century, african art, beaded bangle, beadwork, ndebele culture

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